Kaylee Blossoms Hat

Knit from the yarn remaining from my daughter’s teddy bear named Ms. Kaylee Koigu, this hat (and the
bear’s name) is inspired by Kaylee of Firefly. What would Kaylee knit? I’m quite certain she would knit
this girly, frilly hat. It is knit from the top down because I made it up as I went and knew I wanted a frilly
edge somehow. The stitch patterns are Purled Wildflowers and Feathers and Fan modified to fit the
stitch count.

Size: 12 months or 18” head. Hat knit to 17” circumference.

Yarn: Koigu Kersti Merino Crepe, approximately ½ a skein. (A light worsted or DK weight.)

Needles: 4.5mm DPNs or circs

Gauge: 4.5 sts and 8 rows per inch.

Pattern Notes: Repeat stitches around. 6 repeats of each set. Don’t forget that after Rnd 1, every odd
row is knit.

The Hat:

Provisional CO 6 sts. Leave a tail to thread between stitches after to close top.

Rnd 1: Kf&b (12sts)

Rnd 2: Kf&b, k1 (18sts)

Rnd 3 and remaining odd rows: K

Rnd 4: K1, M1, K1 (24sts)

Rnd 6: K1, M1, K2 (30sts)

Rnd 8: K1, M1, K3 (36sts)

Rnd 10: K1, M1, K4 (42sts)

Rnd 12: K1, M1, K5 (48sts)

Rnd 14: K1, M1, K6 (54sts)

Rnd 16: K1, M1, K7 (60sts)

Rnd 18: K1, M1, K8 (66sts)

Rnd 20: K1, M1, K9 (72sts)

Rnd 22: K1, M1, K10 (78sts)

Rnd 24: K1, M1, K11 (84sts)

Rnd 26: K1, M1, K12 (90sts)

Rnd 28: K6, make a flower (P3tog, leave on needle, YO, P same 3 sts tog, slip from needle), K1

[Note: this is a 10 stitch repeat pattern, with 7 sts surrounding a 3 sts flower. If you are adjusting the
number of stitches for gauge, simply adjust the number of surrounding sts as I did when I made the
pattern.]

Rnd 30: K

Rnd 32: K1, make a flower, K6

Rnd 34: K

Rnd 36: K6, make a flower, K1

Rnd 38: K

Rnd 40: K1, make a flower, K6

Rnd 42: K

Rnd 44: K6, make a flower, K1

Rnd 46: K

Rnd 48: K1, make a flower, K6

Rnd 50: K

Rnd 52: K1; (P2tog) x 3; (YO, K1)x5; YO; (P2tog) x 3

[Note: I added the K1 between the decreases to make this an 18 sts repeat that divides into 90.]

Rnd 54: K

Rnd 56: repeat Rnd 52

Rnd 58: K

Rnd 60: repeat Rnd 52

Rnd 62: K

BO using the following picot pattern for a subtle picot edge that complements the wavy edge and
provides enough stretch without adding additional waves:

*Cable CO 1 st (pick up a stitch between the first two sts on left needle and place on end of left needle),
knit into new st, knit into next st, pass first stitch over (standard BO), BO two more stitches (total of 4 sts
BO), slip st from right to left needle (in order to make next CO st). Repeat from *.

Close the top of hat by threading the tail through the provisional stitches. Weave in ends. Place on
baby’s head, photograph, and send to mandyz.moon(at)yahoo.ca because she would love to see the
photos.

Copyright 2008 – Standard crafter’s intellectual property rights apply. That is, feel free to use and share
the pattern, but do not make a profit from it. Please and thank you. This is my first shared, written
pattern. Please let me know if you find errors. mandyz.moon(at)yahoo.ca